Sustainable Jersey
Ewing, NJ · EIN 45-3848336. Reported 159 grants totalling $1,546,000 to 127 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Sustainable Jersey, by its IRS classification it is an alliance or advocacy organization in environment (NTEE C01).
- How spread out its giving is. 127 distinct organizations, with 3% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 4% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Charles P Defuccio Ps #39 Elementary School | Jersey City, NJ | $50,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lambertville City | Lambertville, NJ | $40,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Montgomery Township | Belle Meade, NJ | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Somerville Borough | Somerville, NJ | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Toms River - High School South | Toms River, NJ | $30,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Belleville Township | Belleville, NJ | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Camden City Public Schools | Camden, NJ | $25,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Howell Township | Howell, NJ | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ross Street Elementary School | Woodbridge, NJ | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| West Orange High School | West Orange, NJ | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Asbury Park City | Asbury Park City, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bloomfield Township | Bloomfield, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Orange Twp | City of Orange Twp, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clinton Town | Clinton, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Delaware Township School District | Sergeantsville, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Evesham Township | Marlton, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fanny M Hillers Elementary School | Hackensack, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Flemington-Raritan Regional School District | Flemington, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Franklin Middle School Sampson G Smith Campus | Somerset, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Franklin Township | Franklin Township, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| G Harold Antrim Elementary School | Point Pleasant Beach, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hainesport Township | Hainesport, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Holmdel Township | Holmdel, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Madison Borough | Madison Borough, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maplewood Township | Maplewood, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Montclair Township | Montclair, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Princeton | Princeton, NJ | $20,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tewksbury Twp | Califon, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tinton Falls Borough | Tinton Falls, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westfield Senior High School | Westfield, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| East Greenwich Township | Mickleton, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Holland Township | Milford, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ocean Township Intermediate Middle School | Oakhurst, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Winslow Township School No 4 Elem School | Atco, NJ | $15,000 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| Area Vocational Technical Schools of Mercer County | Trenton, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Belmar Borough | Belmar, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blanquita B Valenti Community School | New Brunswick, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bogota Public School District | Bogota, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Borough of Barrington | Barrington, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Borough of Pitman | Pitman, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Caldwell Borough | Caldwell, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cape May County High School | Cape May, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clifton City | Clifton City, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Collingswood Borough | Collingswood, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Collingswood Borough | Collingswood, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Deal Borough School District | Deal, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East Amwell Township Elementary School | Ringos, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elizabeth City | Elizabeth, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Elms Elementary School | Jackson, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Essex County - West Caldwell Technical Sc | Newark, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Florence M Burd Elementary School | Newton, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Franklin Township (2) | Somerset, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Franklin Township Elementary School | Quakertown, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Galloway Twp | Galloway Twp, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Garwood Borough | Garwood, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harding Township School | New Vernon, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hawthorne Borough | Hawthrone, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| High Bridge Borough | High Bridge, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hillside High School | Hillside, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hopewell Valley Regional School District | Brick, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Knowlton Township Elementary School | Delaware, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leap Academy Charter School | Camden, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leonia Public School District | Leonia, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lincoln Elementary School - Hasbrouck | Hasbrouck Heights, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Long Branch City | Long Branch, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Madison High School Ptso a New Jersey Non Profit Corporation | Madison, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marine Academy of Science & Technology | Freehold, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mark Newbie Elementary School | Collingswood, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maurice River Township School District | Port Elizabeth, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Milltown School District | Milltown, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Milford Borough | New Milford, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Newark Public School District | Newark, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| North Brunswick Township High School | North Brunswick, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Number 21 Elementary School | Paterson, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nutley Public School District | Nutley, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | Parsipppany Troy Hills, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Penns Grove High School | Penns Grove, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pinelands Regional Board of Education | Egg Harbor City, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pleasantville City | Pleasantville, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Raritan Township | Raritan Township, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Readington Township Public School Distric | White House Station, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ringwood Borough | Ringwood Borough, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rosa International Middle School | Cherry Hill, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Roseville Community Charter School | Newark, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rumson Borough | Rumson, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School | Bridgewater, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spring Lake Heights School | Spring Lake Heights, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stafford Township | Manahawkin, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Summit City | Summit, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Toms River High School East | Toms River, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Township of Hamilton | Egg Harbor Citymays La, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trenton Public Schools Board of Education | Trenton, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Verona Township | Verona, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westfield Town | Westfield, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Weymouth Township Elementary School | Dorothy, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Winfield Township School District | Winfield, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District | Woodstown, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Monroe Township (2) | Monroe Township, NJ | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bartle Elementary School | Highland Park, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Campbell Elementary School | Metuchen, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cape May City | Cape May, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Christopher Columbus Middle School | Clifton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Copeland Middle School | Hibernia, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Egg Harbor City | Egg Harbor City, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| George L Catrambone Elementary School | Long Branch, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Glen Ridge Boro | Glen Ridge, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| High Bridge Borough School Dist (2) | High Bridge, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| James Madison Intermediate Elem School | Edison, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jersey City | Jersey City, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lake Como Borough | Lake Como, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maywood | Maywood, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Medford Township | Medford, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mount Laurel Township | Mount Laurel, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Park Ridge Borough | Park Ridge, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Paterson City | Paterson, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Penns Grove-Carneys Point Reg Sch Dist | Penns Grove, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Plainsboro Township | Plainsboro, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pompton Lakes Borough | Pompton Lakes, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Roselle Park Borough | Roselle Park, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sayreville Borough | Sayreville, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sparta Township | Sparta, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Taunton Elementary School | Howell, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Township of Hamilton | Mays Landing, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Warren Township | Warren, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Watchung Elementary School | Montclair, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Whiting Elementary School | Whiting, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Woodbridge Township (v) | Woodbridge, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
16 of 127 (13%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- City of Orange Twp
2023 PSEG MUNI GRANT RECIPIENT - Bloomfield Township
2024 PSEG MUNI OR SCHOOL REGRANTS - Tinton Falls Borough
2024 PSEG MUNI & SCHOOL REGRANTS - Belleville Township
SMALL GRANTS PSEG 025 - MUNI - Camden City Public Schools
2018 GARDINIER SMALL GRANT AWARD - Area Vocational Technical Schools of Mercer County
2023 PSEG SCHOOL GRANT RECIPIENT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 3 of 127 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 56 | $340,000 | $5,000 |
| 2021 | 12 | $116,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 29 | $340,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 31 | $380,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 31 | $370,000 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New Jersey.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Sustainable Jersey's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 7718, Ewing, NJ, 08628.
EIN 45-3848336 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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